Roger That!

Event Details

Roger That! Celebration at the Museum

Saturday, February 17

Join the GRPM for the public celebration of Roger That! on Friday, February 16 and Saturday, February 17. Visitors will learn more about Roger B. Chaffee and space exploration with hands-on, STEAM-based activities on Friday and Saturday, hosted by both the Museum and community partners including: build stations, underwater ROV exploration, artifact interactions including meteorite samples, tektite, and much more. Attendees can also participate in the opportunity to earn a prize for completing an “Astronaut Training Mission” as they visit different activity stations around the Museum.

Roger That! activities at the GRPM will be available from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Friday, February 16 and 10 a.m to 4 p.m. on Saturday, February 17, and are included with general admission tickets to the Museum. Shows in the Chaffee Planetarium take place every hour on February 17 and are $4 per person or $2 for Museum members. For a full list of activities, Chaffee Planetarium show schedule and to purchase tickets, visit grpm.org/RogerThat.

2024 Keynote Speaker

To reserve a seat for the Saturday, February 17 lecture with Robert Satcher, please visit tickets.grpm.org/events. Tickets for the lecture are free of charge and seating is based on a first come, first served basis.

2024 Community Partners

Community partners for 2024 Roger That! include Gerald R. Ford International Airport, GVSU Padnos College of Engineering, GVSU Physics Department Enigma Robotics, GRAAA, Inquiry Arts, Mark Gleason Underwater ROV, Van Andel Institute for Education, Grand Rapids Children’s Museum, WiM (Women In Manufacturing), Air Zoo Aerospace & Science Center, and Girl Scouts of West Michigan.

Design That! 2024

The Design That! Challenge, which allows students to produce projects reflecting space-related topics, is open to students in grades 4-8. The possible topics are Humans in Space, Communities in Space, Technology in Space and History of Space Exploration. Project options include building physical models, creating a webpage or writing a story. Students can either present their projects in person or create a short video (3-5 minutes) to share their work. In-person projects will be displayed at GVSU on Friday, February 16 from 4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., and at GRPM on Saturday, February 17 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.